Review 115min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Doug Liman Cast:         Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright…and more Writer:      Gary Spinelli -Synopsis- Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity) directs and Tom Cruise stars in a biographical drama based on the life of the infamous Barry Seal; an American pilot and CIA stooge turned Colombian drug cartel […]

Review 143min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Kathryn Bigelow Cast:         John Boyega, Algee Smith, Will Poulter…and more Writer:      Mark Boal -Synopsis- With tensions running high between the people and the authorities of Detroit in 1967, a police raid sparks an all-out uprising and borderline race riot as the disparate citizens of the city endure five […]

Review 94min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:    Mark Gill Cast:         Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Simone Kirby…and more Writers:     Mark Gill and William Thacker -Synopsis- Critical of the local music scene and disenchanted with Britain in the late 70s, a young Lancashire lad channels his writing talents and a grating personality into revolutionising popular music, […]

Review 106min Genre:     Fact-based, Action, Drama, War Director:  Christopher Nolan Cast:       Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance…and more Writer:    Christopher Nolan -Synopsis- In the summer of 1940 and with Britain on the brink of military catastrophe, nearly 400,000 British and allied soldiers stand cut-off and surrounded by the German army on the northern French coast, […]

Review 102min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:   Joel Hopkins Cast:        Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, James Norton…and more Writer:     Robert Festinger -Synopsis- An American widow in London forms an unexpected connection with a man living wild and in a makeshift shack on Hampstead heath, as they take on the property developers intent on evicting him […]

Review 105min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, War Director:   Jonathan Teplitzky Cast:        Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery…and more Writer:     Alex von Tunzelmann -Synopsis- In the days leading up to D-Day and the Allied invasion of occupied France, British prime minister Winston Churchill clashes with the military brass in his opposition to the Normandy landings, as the […]

Review 94min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Nick Hamm Cast:         Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore…and more Writer:      Colin Bateman -Synopsis- A road trip drama account of the historical 2006 meeting between the two intractable figures who came to define the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland; Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin politico […]

Review 127min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Niki Caro Cast:         Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl…and more Writers:     Angela Workman and Diane Ackerman -Synopsis- Based on a remarkable true story and starring Jessica Chastain as the matriarch of a Polish zookeeper family in the late 1940s, who risk their lives and become heroes when they use […]

Review 107min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Pablo Larraín Cast:         Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán…and more Writer:      Guillermo Calderón -Synopsis- Director Pablo Larraín’s unique fictional detective-thriller treatment of the story of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet and communist party politician Pablo Neruda, who was persecuted by the government when a right-leaning administration took power […]

Review 141min Genre:       Fact-based, Adventure, Drama Director:    James Gray Cast:         Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson…and more Writers:     James Gray and David Grann -Synopsis- Charlie Hunnam stars in an period adventure adapted from David Grann’s book and based on the real life exploits of intrepid British early 20th century explorer Lt. Colonel Percival Fawcett—who mysteriously […]

Review 133min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Thriller Director:    Peter Berg Cast:         Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, John Goodman…more Writers:     Peter Berg, Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer -Synopsis- Mark Wahlberg stars in a dramatisation of the 2013 terrorist attacks on the Boston marathon which killed three people and injured hundreds, and the subsequent state-wide manhunt to find the […]

Review 127min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Theodore Melfi Cast:        Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe…and more Writers:    Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi and Margot Lee Shetterly -Synopsis- A biographical drama centred around the important but overlooked role of African-American women in the early US space program during the 1960s, including the work and struggles of […]

Review 115min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   John Lee Hancock Cast:        Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch…and more Writer:     Robert D. Siegel -Synopsis- A biographical drama about the humble origins of the McDonald’s walk-in burger joint and its self-declared ‘founder’ Ray Kroc, chronicling his determined and ruthless journey from milkshake machine salesman in 1950s USA […]

Review 123min Genre:         Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:      Jeff Nichols Cast:           Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton…and more Writer:        Jeff Nichols -Synopsis- In late 1950s rural Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving draw the ire of the local authorities for having the temerity to get married and live as an unassuming interracial couple. But after being charged […]

Review 139min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, War Director:    Mel Gibson Cast:         Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer…more Writers:     Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight -Synopsis- Mel Gibson returns to the director’s chair after a 10 year absence for a biographical drama about Desmond Doss; a World War II hero, Seventh-day Adventist and combat medic who refused to […]

Review 100min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Pablo Larraín Cast:         Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Crudup…and more Writer:      Noah Oppenheim -Synopsis- Natalie Portman stars as former American first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, struggling to keep her family together while protecting the legacy of her late husband in this biographical drama […]

Review 117min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:   Ben Younger Cast:        Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciarán Hinds…and more Writers:    Ben Younger, Angelo Pizzo  and Pippa Bianco -Synopsis- Miles Teller stars in a biographical drama about the life of “The Pazmanian Devil” Vinny Pazienza; self-styled, ferocious East Coast American boxer and former Lightweight and Middleweight world champion, […]

Review 96min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Clint Eastwood Cast:        Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney…and more Writers:    Todd Komarnicki, Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow -Synopsis- Clint Eastwood directs and Tom Hanks stars in a biographical drama about one fateful event in the life of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger; the veteran US Airways pilot who saved 155 […]

129min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Garth Davis Cast:        Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman…and more Writers:    Saroo Brierley, Larry Buttrose, Luke Davies -Synopsis- Biographical drama based on the true story of Saroo Brierley; a poor 5-year-old Indian boy who was separated from his family and became one of India’s many street children a thousand miles […]

134min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Oliver Stone Cast:         Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans…more Writers:     Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone, Luke Harding… and more -Synopsis- Oliver Stone directs and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in a biographical drama about former CIA/NSA analyst and infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden; seen as a hero by some and a traitor by others, […]

120min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Nate Parker Cast:        Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King…and more Writers:    Nate Parker and Jean McGianni Celestin -Synopsis- Nate Parker writes, directs and stars in a biographical drama about the life of Nat Turner; an early 19th century slave and preacher in the antebellum south, who led a violent […]

91min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Justin Kelly Cast:         Garrett Clayton, James Franco, Christian Slater…and more Writers:     Justin Kelly and D. Madison Savage -Synopsis- A handsome teenager’s cross-country casting trip turns into the start of Gay porn superstardom for “Brent Corrigan”, when he moves in with his middle-aged porn producer; but when the relationship turns […]

115min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Antonio Campos Cast:         Rebecca Hall, Tracy Letts, Michael C. Hall…and more Writer:      Craig Shilowich -Synopsis- Rebecca Hall stars in a biographical drama about the final days of Christine Chubbuck; a Florida local news reporter whose psychological issues and personality traits conspired with a deep-seated resentment about her work, driving her […]

111min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:  Amma Asante Cast:       David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport…and more Writer:    Guy Hibbert -Synopsis- Amma Asante directs a biographical drama based on the true story of Prince and future first president Seretse Khama of Botswana and his controversial interracial relationship with his white British wife Ruth Williams, an early […]

Review 140min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Gary Ross Cast:         Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali… Writers:     Leonard Hartman and Gary Ross -Synopsis- Biographical drama set during the American civil war starring Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight; a southern army soldier-turned-deserter who formed a small army and free society of fellow confederate deserters and runaway slaves, […]

Review 109min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Daniel Ragussis Cast:         Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts…and more Writers:     Michael German and Daniel Ragussis -Synopsis- Based on real events and set in the modern day Washington DC area; Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young FBI agent gone deep undercover as a skinhead to infiltrate a dangerous […]

Review 127min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Brad Furman Cast:         Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger…and more Writers:     Robert Mazur and Ellen Sue Brown -Synopsis- Crime drama set around Miami during the 1980s Reagan “War-on-Drugs” and based on a true story, starring Bryan Cranston as a U.S. government agent who goes undercover to break Colombian […]

Review 120min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Thriller, War Director:    Sean Ellis Cast:         Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon…and more Writers:     Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin -Synopsis- World War II period thriller based on the events of operation “Anthropoid”; a British SOE plan to use Czechoslovak resistance agents to infiltrate occupied Prague and assassinate Reinhard Heydrich; […]

Review 114min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War Director:    Todd Phillips Cast:         Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas…and more Writers:     Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic… and more -Synopsis- Outlandish comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Starsky & Hutch’; based on a true story of how young stoners from Miami became perhaps […]

Review 86min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy Director:   Liza Johnson Cast:        Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer…and more Writers:    Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes -Synopsis- Amazon studios presents a comedic chronicle of the events leading up to one of the weirdest meetings in White House history, when president Richard Nixon met the “King of Rock […]

Review 135min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:   Stephen Hopkins Cast:        Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons…and more Writers:    Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse -Synopsis- Biographical drama about legendary Olympic athlete Jesse Owens’s struggles against the odds as a black man in deeply segregated America, striving for glory before the eyes of the world against the […]

Review 124min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:   Marc Abraham Cast:        Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones…and more Writers:    Marc Abraham, Colin Escott -Synopsis- Tom Hiddleston stars in a musical biopic chronicling the life and times of Country & Western music legend Hank Williams, from his prodigious talent and rise to fame, to the struggles with […]

Review 110min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Music Director:   Stephen Frears Cast:        Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg…and more Writer:     Nicholas Martin -Synopsis- Meryl Streep stars in a comedy/drama based on the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an early 20th century New York heiress and socialite who became an opera singer despite having a […]

Review 100min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:   Don Cheadle Cast:        Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi…and more Writers:    Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle, Stephen J. Rivele… more -Synopsis- Don Cheadle writes, directs and stars in his unique cinematic portrait of jazz trumpeter and music giant Miles Davis, a stylized biographical drama about a difficult and complicated […]

Review 106min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director:   Dexter Fletcher Cast:        Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Jo Hartley…and more Writers:    Sean Macaulay & Simon Kelton -Synopsis- Underdog comedy biopic based on the true story of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards; a plucky British amateur skier with limited ability who defied the odds and achieved his Olympian dream […]

Outrageous comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Old School’; based on the true story of how a couple of stoners from Miami became perhaps the most unlikely international arms dealers ever, managing to play US government systems and secure a huge contract to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan using weaponry from “questionable” sources. […]

Review 125min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   James Vanderbilt Cast:        Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace…and more Writers:    James Vanderbilt & Mary Mapes -Synopsis- Journalistic drama chronicling the events surrounding CBS producer Mary Mapes and anchor Dan Rather’s report about president George W. Bush’s questionable military service and the subsequent backlash that cost them their careers. […]

Review 101min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:   Peter Sollett Cast:        Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon…and more Writer:     Ron Nyswaner -Synopsis- American equal rights drama based on a true story and starring Oscar-winner Julianne Moore as Laurel Hester, a decorated New Jersey police Detective diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who took on the local government […]

Review 123min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:   Peter Landesman Cast:        Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin…and more Writers:    Peter Landesman and Jeanne Marie Laskas -Synopsis- Will Smith stars in a drama based on the real struggles of a brilliant immigrant forensic neuropathologist who discovered an American Football-related brain trauma disease and challenged an entire billion […]

Review 124min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Jay Roach Cast:        Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren…and more Writers:    John McNamara, Bruce Cook Bryan Cranston stars as Dalton Trumbo, legendary “golden age” Hollywood screenwriter who among many others was persecuted and marginalised by the US government for his political beliefs at the height of anti-communist Cold War […]

Review 129min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Tom McCarthy Cast:        Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams…and more Writers:    Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy -Synopsis- An all-star cast features in writer/director Tom McCarthy’s journalistic drama chronicling the true story of the Boston Globe’s uncovering of a local priest child abuse scandal which rocked the Catholic church to […]

Review 127min Genre:    Fact-based, Drama Director: Patricia Riggen Cast:      Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche , Rodrigo Santoro…more Writers:  Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten , Michael Thomas…and more -Synopsis- Big-screen dramatization of the real Chilean mining collapse of 2010 where 33 miners were trapped for over 2 months, while government officials and engineers from around the world struggled […]

Review 130min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:   Adam McKay Cast:        Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling…and more Writers:    Charles Randolph, Adam McKay & Michael Lewis -Synopsis- Comedy writer/director extraordinaire Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) wrangles an all-star cast in this tragic tale of corporate greed, stupidity and corruption, about a rag-tag group of Wall Street […]

Review 156min Genre:     Fact-based, Adventure, Drama, Thriller Director:  Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast:       Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson…and more Writers:   Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith & Michael Punke Oscar-winning writer/director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s semi-biographical survival drama set in the unforgiving 19th century American frontier, starring  Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a fur trapper on […]